El Temur

El Temur (died 1333) was a general of the Yuan dynasty who was the leader of the coup that installed Toghon Temur as Mongol emperor in 1328.

Biography
El Temur was born to a family of Muslim Kipchaks in the Mongol Empire, and he served as an officer of the Yuan dynasty. In 1328, he led a coup d'etat in Khanbaliq with Bayan of the Merkid and installed Toghon Temur as the new emperor, and he murdered Kgutughtu Khan and his supporters. This led to the rise of despotic warlords, whose avarice and cruelty led to the Red Turban Rebellion; El Temur died in 1333, and his children were murdered by Bayan of the Merkid in 1335.